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Ribbit is an upcoming company that will allow you to make and receive phone calls, among other things, solely via Flash Player.

Revealed at the 360lFlex Conference in Seattle, the Ribbit Phone Component will give rich Internet application developers the ability to make calls, receive calls, send and check voicemail, and add and manage contacts. Built with Adobe Flex, the first Ribbit beta launch is scheduled for October.

Ribbit will function as a widget that lets you send and receive calls to your phone through your browser. There's also a messaging system enabling others to call your number, which will ring in your browser as well as on your phone. When making calls, you can choose which number you'd like to dial from. Ribbit will also keep tabs on any calls you miss and play any voice messages that have been left for you. Additionally, it also looks like a major component for the developer's release will be an embeddable widget that can be placed websites and blogs so users can call you, a similar idea to Jaxtr.

Many are saying this is a Skype competitor, and it sounds like a potentially disruptive VoIP tool. Read a first hand demo review over at ZDNet. Ribbit's CEO, Ted Griggs, has a long history in telecommunications, founding and co-founding several companies, including Junction, Inc.

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